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areol: Convergent interviewing
This reading is taken from Session 8 of the online course Action Research and Evaluation Online (AREOL). It explains in detail the technique known as convergent Interviewing and how it can be used for effective data collection.Participation Toolkit: Exercises for working together
This resource provides set of practical participative exercises to help both large and small groups, teams and boards introduce new and different ways of change the option of communicating, analysing and deciding what to do.80 tools for participatory development
This resource provides stakeholders and development workers with a toolbox of resources which aim to improve community participation in development projects.Assessing the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Nigerian households
In this paper, Canning, Mahal, Odumosu and Okonkwo (2006) use propensity score matching to assess the affect of HIV/AIDS on an individual's ability to access health care in Nigeria.Advancing evaluation practices in philanthropy
This series of papers about evaluation practices in philanthropy was published as a sponsored supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review for the Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation.Does microfinance reduce poverty in India?
In this study, propensity score matching is used to assess the impact of micro-finance loans on reducing poverty when they are used for productive means.Estimating the benefit incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching
This study uses propensity score matching to estimate the distribution of net income gains from an Argentinean workfare program.Contemporary thinking about causation in evaluation
This paper was produced following a discussion between Thomas Cook and Michael Scriven held at The Evaluation Center and Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program jointly hosted Evaluation Cafe´ event on contGuide to evaluating rural extension
The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) have developed this guide to evaluating rural extension with the aim to provide comprehensive support for people involved in extention evaluationsGuide to gender integration and analysis
This guide from USAID is designed to support staff in the implementation of gender into program planning and design.Lessons learned using online survey software
This blog post from Susan Kristler provides on overview of the various strengths and weaknesses of using online survey software.Gantt charts: Planning and scheduling more complex projects
This web page from Mind Tools provides a detailed guide, including examples, of how to use Gantt charts for project planning, monitoring and evaluation.Making a gantt chart with excel
This YouTube video provides a detailed tutorial on creating Gantt charts using Microsoft Excel.Okiko in pursuit of a snail: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Kenya
This report is the third in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.What is meta-analysis?
This document explains the process and benefits of meta-analysis using the comparative analysis of different treatments as an example.40+ social media dashboard tools for tracking stuff
In this blog post, Barry Hurd proposes and answers a number of questions on the use of social media dashboard tools.Magpi (formerly Episurveyor)
Magpi (formerly EpiSurveyor) is a mobile data collection platform widely used in the international development sector.Viewworld
ViewWorld is a platform (application) for Mobile Data Collection. It's designed to help project members in the field collect data with the ViewWorld Reporting App.Participatory evaluation of participatory research
This paper was presented by Dr.Big data for development: a primer
This slide show, from United Nations Global Pulse, is aimed at supporter international development and humanitarian communities make sense of Big Data.Big data for development: opportunities & challenges - a slideshow
This slide show, presented by United Nations Global Pulse at an event to launch a new white paper "Big Data for Development: Challenges and Opportunities" provides a detailed overview of some of tAppreciative inquiry principles: the anticipatory principle
This article, written by Emotional Intelligence Coach Andy Smith, describes the anticipatory principle which is one of the underpinnings of Appreciative Inquiry (AI).Ray Calabrese's buckeye blog
A webpage and blog site of Professor Ray Calabrese, from Ohio State University USA.My Thuan Bridge: Monitoring success
This evaluation report, written equally in English and Vietnamese, is about the Ausaid-funded My Thuan Bridge, the first bridge constructed across the Mekong River in Viet Nam.IconArray.com
Iconarray.com is an online tool for effectively communicating risk in a pictograph form.Reuse, Recycle: Rethink Research - Questions to Ask in Reviewing Research Evidence
This article by Bernadette Wright for Meaningful Evidence outlines a range of resources and approaches that can be used as a cost effective and reliable way to review evidence.Quality education for all children? What works in education in developing countries
This paper, authored by Shari Krishnaratne, Howard White and Ella Carpenter for the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) demonstrates that educational initiatives in developing countrThe Registry for International Development Impact Evaluations
This website from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is a repository of impact evaluations that have been conducted on development programs in low and middle income countries.A Tale of Two Cultures: Qualitative and Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
In this book, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney argue that qualitative and quantitative methods represent completely different cultures of practice and thought.Basic Efficiency Resource: A framework for measuring the relative performance of multi-unit programs
This whitepaper, authored by Dr.Art of Aerialists: Sustainability of Community Media
This article by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron argues the importance of a sustainable and efficient community media such as community radio broadcasting, popular theater, local television, participatory video or alternative press.Brief introduction to the 12 steps to data cleaning
Written by Associate Professor of Evaluation, Statistics, and Measurement at the University of Tennessee, Jenifer Mor